US 11,712,322 B2
Housing assembly for periodontal endoscopic probe
Michael D. Austin, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Chad E. Kennedy, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Assigned to PPE-AZ, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 16/623,236
Filed by PERIOENDOSCOPY, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/050971
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/049332, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/393,085, filed on Oct. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/393,082, filed on Sep. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345211 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A61C 1/08 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 1/08 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00068 (2013.01); A61B 1/00119 (2013.01); A61B 1/00121 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for aiding field use of an endoscopic probe, the assembly comprising:
a housing assembly comprising:
a tubular conduit for receiving the endoscopic probe; and
a plug coupled to the tubular conduit along a distal end of the tubular conduit, the plug having a passage along a longitudinal axis via which the tubular conduit passes through, and a first additional passage along the longitudinal axis through which a first additional tubular conduit passes through; and
a holder for the housing assembly, the holder comprising:
a handle for supporting at least a portion of the tubular conduit;
a lockable sleeve, disposed coaxially at a proximal end of the handle, for securing the portion of the tubular conduit within the handle;
a pre-configured arm coupled to the handle at a distal end of the handle for facilitating an exploration of a pre-determined quadrant of an oral cavity with an endoscope probe assembly; and
an explorer coupled to the pre-configured arm at a distal end of the pre-configured arm, the explorer having a plug receiver and an end part at a distal end of the plug receiver, the plug receiver adapted to couple with the plug, the plug receiver having an opening along a longitudinal axis via which, upon coupling with the plug, the tubular conduit passes through and into an axial channel of the end part.